FIGHTING FORM

NZ Truth, Issue 1255, 19 December 1929, Page 16

FIGHTING FORM

• ■.:'■ * .'■:-•■•.■ ;'■:, : / .,' vrTr ~ ■ : -" '■ v . ■■' ">■ France BroL Have ry^SmomTryrOut (From. ',N.Z. Truth's"; Wellington Rep.) Marking the progress of an unsatisfactory season is the fact that , 'Wellington, players have to sort themselves /out inside the three ... weeks.that' elapse before'their provincial championships .begin. - DIG four. for'.,the WildingvShield match Pv with. ''iAiickl arid are - the France brothers. Noel Wilson and Cam. MalfJroy. J-»ast week-end m a Thorndori — Brougham. Hill Ciub clash they met for the first time this season m serious tennis, and -the: Frances got" there m hollow fashion. Malfroy gained oniy. four games from Don. France, while Wiison, whose list of wins over L.en. France has grown long-er each season, went dow^ri before the cut-shot man 3-6, 4-G; Heavy ground- aiding Len. France's spin shots, contributed to Wilson's defeat by giving him much low. stuff to dig up. Suffering from -a turn of the '"outs," he never looked like winning. ' . Malfroy's downfall was due to a brilliant burst of form /by Don. France, who was often unplayable. Malfroy, playing less aggressively than usual, was never m the hunt. The match established the strength of Wellington tennis, m that the first four men are of even standard. . Wilson gained three wins m a row from Len. France last season, beating him m a trial for the Wellington team against Britain, m an interchip fixture and a ranking match which went!, to four sets. In the second match he . took twelve games m & row. "•■'... Malfroy, for all his brilliant record m tennis, seems likely to find Don. France a rock m his path. The honors are now to Don, who has won, the last two matches they' have played-.